The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home by Marty Chou

The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home by Marty Chou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award Hao in Hoʻolālā Loko Hale a me Hōʻike Competition Category.

HaoLoko Hale· 2020

The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home

by Marty Chou

Client: Ms. Lee

A' Design Award Hao Winner in Loko Hale Category

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The Design

About The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home

He hoʻolālā loko home ʻo The Mermaid's no kahi hale noho 90 mika huinahā ma Taiwan. Ua noʻonoʻoʻia ka lewa e like me kahi hale hōʻikeʻike no nā hōʻiliʻili a ka mea nona, ʻaʻole he home maʻamau. ʻO kahi kiʻi wahine iʻa mai kahi hōʻiliʻili hou i lilo i kumuhana koʻikoʻi, e hoʻonohonoho ana i ke kala hapa-monochrome a me ka lewa mālie. Hoʻohana ʻia ke kiʻi hoʻolina kahiko ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻolālā. ʻO nā laina kūpono ke hōʻike i ka lewa i ʻoi aku ke kiʻekiʻe, a hūnā lākou i nā puka lumi a me nā pahu waihona. Hūnā ʻia nā hana o kēlā me kēia lā i mea e mālama ai i ka nānā ʻana i maʻalahi. Koho ʻia nā lako home no ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o nā ʻano kūpono a me nā ʻano piko.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hao

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home i ka A' Design Award Hao, he ʻike hoʻohanohano i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā maikaʻi e hoʻokō ana i nā koi ʻoihana a ʻoihana hana i manaʻo ʻia mai nā mea hoʻokumu i hana maikaʻi ʻia. Hōʻike nā lanakila Hao i ka mākau nui, ka loea kiʻekiʻe, ka ʻike akamai a me ka hiki hana noʻeau o ka poʻe i hana iā lākou. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home he mea hoʻokumu i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia e pono a hou. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Hao e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka ʻoihana a loaʻa nā ʻano ʻenehana mākaukau i hui pū ʻia me ka ʻike hana a me ka makakoho. Mahalo ʻia ka hoʻolālā The Mermaid's Ka Hoʻolālā Loko Home no kona nānā pono a ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i nā hoʻomaikaʻi ola e kōkua ai i ka hana ʻana i ka honua i wahi maikaʻi aku.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: During the design, came a new collection - a little Mermaid. Her serene quality caught me and my mind started to evolve around her. She became the focal point and anchor of the space, the tone of the ambiance, and the source of the semi-monochrome palette.

In the end, the entire space is the extend-dimension of this fantastical creature. She is the soul of this space; the soul that reflect the essence of the elegant lady.
Dimensions & Packaging: The interior space is 90 square-meter.
Tags: Interior design, Home Gallery, Modern Classic, Minimalism, monochrome space, monochrome palette, Taiwan
Production Technology: The classical molding here is used not merely as decoration but more as a design tool. Its vertically stretching quality makes the space appears to be higher than it actually is. It also hides away the doors of rooms and storage cabinets, unified and simplified the visual elements, and create a sense of serenity and calmness for the space.
Design Challenge: The main challenge of this project is about finding balance, mainly between practicality and fantasy, decorative and minimal, classical and modern.
Research: This project is an experiment of utilizing the owner's collection not merely as ornament, but to be the main concept and inspiration of the space. And also, to incorporate the owner's fascination of classical molding into contemporary design.
Inspiration: In the beginning, the owner of this apartment, an elegant and beautiful lady, told me that she would like to live in a place, where its ambiance is ambiguous, less like a home, more like a sanctuary in dream, in which she could be isolated and indulged with her on-going collections in this timeless, sacred space.
Project Duration: The project started in July 2017 in Taiwan and finished in June 2018.
Operation Flow: To respond to the owner's wish to live in a not-home-like place, I conceive the entire space as a gallery of her collections and display of her taste. Daily function and storage are hidden away to create a sense of optimal airy-ness, so the eyes only see the most essentials. Furniture selection focuses on the quality of contrast between straight and curve, thick and thin, light and heavy, as they are displayed sculptural pieces. As for the Mermaid, its elements are used throughout the entire space; the choice of materials, the fabrics, and colors, are all inspired by her.
Image Credits: Photo Credit: Kyle Yu Photo Studio